Concert
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and pictures)Keola Beamer A
Night of Magic and Aloha
Keola and Moanalani performed Friday December
13 to 30% of Seldovia's population (those that were in town that
day-95 people came). Keola Beamer, Hawaii's Slack Key Master Guitarist,
and Moanalani, famed Hula Diva, graced the stage for two wonderful
hours after a dynamite oriental dinner lovingly prepared by local
chefs, Lynn Corwin, Robert Purpura, Han Werba and their dedicated
service crew. It was a night of magic notes, full tummies and Aloha!
Special thanks to underwriters: Seldovia Arts
Council, Seldovia Native Association Inc. Seldovia Rowing Club B
and B, The Mainstreet Market, Smokey Bay Air, Beachcomber Realty
and to Deborah Peterson of Anchorage who provided financial support
for the event. And special thanks to lead cooks: Lynn Corwin, Han
Werba and Robert Purpura. Also special thanks to the Bunnell Street
Gallery of Homer for partnering this event.

October
16-20
2002

News
Release
Susan Mumma, of the Seldovia Arts Council; Renda
Horn, from the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer;and Sue Ingels, 6th
Grade teacher at Paul Banks Elementary School in Homer acted as delegates
to the first meeting of the newly formed Institute for Education and
the Arts in Washington D.C., October, 16-20, 2002. The Homer/Seldovia
area was chosen for its involvement in the arts and the delegates
were chosen as leaders in arts advocacy for the area by organizers
Ron Stowe and Donna Powers.

Scott CossuMusician and Composer - Features acoustic
piano with harp, cello and vibes. Hes a first rate pianist
with a big heart. - Billboard Magazine.  Very versatile
musician, plays many instruments. Ann Linquist Flutist, who is an extremely
talented artist has played electric flute, jazz, classical, folk,
Middle Eastern, medieval, renaissance and baroque styles of music
for the last twenty years was also in concert with Scott.

Fruit
came to Seldovia on August 8, 2002 and
charmed the community again with their song and music...Pop/Jazz
Concert - Wonderful & modern music ..once again a full house
and everyone enjoying the sounds!

Andy wants to
be known as "A travellin' acoustic rock musician based out
of Anchorage, Alaska." He was fun
and enjoyable to listen to.

In
Memorandum- Dave
Carter Our Hearts grieve
as we have received notice that Dave Carter passed away from a massive
heart attack on July 19, 2002. Our Sympathy to Tracy Grammer, Dave's
family and friends. He will be greatly missed. Message
from Tracy(Dave
Carter and Tracy Grammer were key performers at our 2002 Music Folk
Festival)

The Bill Hilly Band - Fantastic music came to Seldovia
- If you weren't at the concert, you really missed something! THEY
WERE GREAT! Each of the musicians were outstanding and delighted
both young and old! We could have listened to them all night long!
Standing Ovation!!!!

"St.
John's Inn Band"
Performers are: Dan McElrath on the keyboard and vocalist; Dirk
Westphal on the bass; Andy Mullen on the guitar and vocalist; and
John Damberg on the drums. The Senior Class cooked a wonderful Bar-B-Q
ribs and scallops/shrimp dinner. We had a wonderful time enjoying
the food and the music. During the first half of the concert the
band tried to get anyone to dance...Andy finally bribed the audience
with $1,000,000 to the first couple who would get up to dance. Sherry
and son, Thor, did it....and got the Promissory Note! After the
first intermission, the audience started to dance. It was a delightful
evening. What a treat!!!!!

May
17, 2002

George
Kahumoku and Nancy Sweeneycharmed
their way into our hearts (once again) as they have revisited
Seldovia. George stated he just loves to come to Seldovia and
has done a whirlwind tour of Alaska this trip, visiting and playing
in more than 4 Alaska locations. We enjoyed his mellow resonating
voice, the funny and interesting stories about his life and its
adventures and the graceful hula dancing bringing the music into
the body language telling the story.